Norm Frauenheim
Final Exam: Benavidez faces one in fight to graduate to world...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – For better or worse, Jose Benavidez Jr.‘s time as a prospect is about to end. It’s his choice. Nobody...
Two cards, one common fight for relevancy
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The arenas and networks will be different.
Nearly everything else about dueling cards on Dec. 13 shares a common theme and...
Pacquiao-Mayweather has everybody’s vote but the one it needs
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Manny Pacquiao has spoken. Freddie Roach has spoken. Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya have spoken. They're still speaking. We've...
Pacquiao not Algieri’s toughest challenge, says trainer
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Chris Algieri has had tougher fights than Manny Pacquaio, Algieri trainer Tim Lane said Thursday before Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach...
Iron Boy card Saturday in Phoenix
PHOENIX -- Phoenix lightweight Victor Castro (12-0, 6 KOs) is scheduled Saturday night for a six-round main event against Robert Rodriquez (7-4, 3...
A Collective Face: Fighter of the Year is the current generation...
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Sergey Kovalev's victory over Bernard Hopkins was one thing. His dominance was something else. After awhile, the benefit of hindsight will...
Encounter of Another Kind: Hopkins’ many lives get a defining challenge...
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Bernard Hopkins’ life as street thug, ex-con, Congressional witness, peace-maker, fighter, promoter, pundit, provocateur, butcher, baker and candlestick maker includes different...
At The Crossroads: Remembering Ali-Foreman
By Norm Frauenheim
Drivers pass the Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Pavilion Center near downtown Phoenix all the time. It’s just another building at...
Mind Games: Pacquiao’s sparring partners better than Algieri? Maybe, says Roach
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Chris Algieri is good enough to fight Manny Pacquaio, but he might not be good enough to beat some...
Double Stoppage: Golovkin and Walters score the daily double in crushing...
CARSON, Calif. – Going ga-ga for Triple-G continued Saturday in Gennady Golovkin’s campaign to discard the most-avoided title for a shot at Miguel Cotto...
Heavy Price: Overweight Rubio pays $100,000 for 1.8 pounds
By Norm Frauenheim
CARSON, Calif. – Marco Antonio Rubio lost money instead of weight in failing to make the 160-pound limit Friday for his...
GGG: Gennady Going Global
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CARSON, Calif. -- The GGG at the belt of his waistband isn’t much of a secret anymore. But Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin’s initials...
Jermain Taylor’s paper crown includes a dangerous future
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Sad spectacles are little bit like jagged scars. They are always there, an uncomfortable reminder that real estate between the ropes is...
The old theater feels empty without Dan Goossen
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Dan Goossen's death this week is a reminder that boxing survives because of the characters who have always understood that theater...
Game-Changing Day: Canelo celebrates, Mayweather squirms
By Norm Frauenheim
Canelo Alvarez's jump to HBO from Showtime isn't surprising. He follows Bernard Hopkins, who took the first step in a move...
New Phoenix promotional company set for debut
Ben Miranda Boxing Promotions will make its Arizona debut Friday night with a card scheduled for seven bouts at the Phoenix Convention...
Ponomarev scores many-sided decision over Rivera
PHOENIX -- He is a man of many faces. A baby face. A face of intimidation. He's man of many styles. Left-handed and...
Lomachenko stops in Phoenix before training at Robert Garcia’s gym for...
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PHOENIX -- Vasyl Lomachenko’s pro resume hasn’t quite caught up with his passport. But give him time. The resume was stamped with...
Splitsville: Mayweather long on drama and short on promises
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is boxing’s undisputed Drama Diva.
The latest from The Money Team’s long-running soap...
Ex-Olympians and Mosley’s son set for Phoenix card Saturday night
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Top Rank’s attempt to resurrect a dormant Phoenix market continues Saturday night in a partnership with Iron Boy Promotions in a...
Mayweather stays unbeaten, keeps his fingers and re-ignites talk about Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. kept alive his pursuit of an unbeaten legacy. Kept his fingers, too.
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De La Hoya promises major cards in Vegas that could conflict...
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LAS VEGAS – Oscar De La Hoya got a key to the city Saturday and promised major cards in Vegas around each...
No off-the-scale mayhem: Mayweather, Maidana all business at the weigh-in
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LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana were all business Friday at a weigh-in that sounded like a rap...
May-vinci Code is just one of Mayweather’s puzzles
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LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has his "May-vinci Code.'' Nobody can crack it, he says. And nobody has. His...
Mayweather, Ellerbe fight to quell controversy over comments about Rice
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his promotional partner Leonard Ellerbe tried to put an end to questions about the...
Read This: 50 Cent should issue a public apology to Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim--
Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has publicly addressed questions about his reading skills from rapper 50 Cent, here’s another question:
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Mayweather’s many options leave him with no choice?
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been called the face of boxing about as often as Caesar has been called the face of...
Happy Warrior: Leo Santa Cruz fights the way Pharrell Williams sings
By Norm Frauenheim-
Leo Santa Cruz is known for volume. In boxing speak, that means one thing. Translation: Lots of punches. But...
Mayweather’s List: Porter and Brook fighting to get on it
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Getting a shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been called a derby and a sweepstakes. There are no rules on how...
Game-changer: Hopkins offers a chance at one in dangerous fight against...
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A few days after Oscar De La Hoya talked about upsets during a contentious conference call involving Danny Garcia's perceived mismatch...
